During Paris Fashion Week, Balenciaga with his creative director Demna Gvasalia introduced 51st haute couture collection, the second for the Maison since it announced a return to the Haute Couture production (and calendar) last year. A moment that captured attention also thanks to the stellar cast on the runway, from Kim Kardashian to Dua Lipa passing through Nicole Kidman. However, our attention was drawn to another detail seen on the podium: a radio bag that promises to be our new cult object.
It’s called Balenciaga x Bang & Olufsen Speaker Bag and is a very successful combination of boombox and fashion accessory. motherhood of this The 20-piece limited edition bag is shared between the House and a well-known Danish tech brand.Bang & Olufsen, who have taken care of the technical aspect. Speaker bags are obtained by milling an aluminum block.then polished and satin finished. Then a series of holes were drilled on the side to serve as the case, and control buttons on the top, just below the handle. On the other hand, the convenient opening turns the device into a designer bag.
This is not Balenciaga’s first experiment in hybridizing the world of technology and accessories, recently bringing to life an equally iconic projector bag, at the bottom of which is a small projector that illuminates any surface that has the name of the House on it. bet. At the heart of these fruitful clashes between design and fashion, technology and fashionnostalgia and the future, there is a vision of Demna Gvasalia, who, as she said in past interviews, explains: “Fashion for me is a mirror, it is a reflection of what is happening around us. This is what shows up in my collections. This is life that speaks to people, this is everyday life.”
Source: Elle